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Finance Standing Committee
Illicit Financial Flows & Base Erosion and Profit Shifting – focus on prosecutions
30 Aug 2017
The Standing Committee on Finance, together with the Portfolio Committees on Trade and Industry; Mineral Resources; and Police, met with the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, the National Prosecuting Authority, South African Revenue Service, Financial Intelligence Centre, South African Reserve Bank, National Treasury and Department of Trade and Industry, and the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: identification of policy issues
22 Aug 2017
Documents handed out: List of policy issues related to the Copyright Amendment Bill (only to Members)
A long list of policy issues related to the Copyright Amendment Bill were identified by the Committee Content Adviser. This included:
Trade, Industry and Competition
Debt Relief Policy: DA Input
16 Aug 2017
The SubCommittee on debt relief met briefly to receive the DA’s input on the debt relief policy as well as its recommendations. Members welcomed and agreed with the inputs, and the Chairperson suggested that the inputs and recommendations will be added to the Terms of Reference in the interim.
Home Affairs
Eastern, Northern & Western Cape Home Affairs reports with Minister; Gupta citizenship meeting proposal
15 Aug 2017
Prior to the briefings by the Minister and the Provincial Managers, some Members made requests based on the urgency accorded to State Capture by the House Chairperson of Committees and the Committee decisions made at its 20 June 2017 meeting. The requests were the need to set a date to ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Copyright Amendment Bill: engagement with key stakeholders
15 Aug 2017
The meeting was a continuation of public hearings conducted by the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry to receive input from stakeholders regarding the provisions of the proposed Copyright Amendments Bill. On this occasion, it received submissions from artists, composers and the Department of Science and Technology.
Aspire, a South ...
Health
National Public Health Institute of South Africa: Department of Health briefing
21 Jun 2017
The Department of Health (DoH) appeared before the Committee to present a proposal for a Bill which will empower the creation of a National Public Health Institute of South Africa (NAPHISA). The Bill was proposed for the Institute to coordinate, conduct disease and injury surveillance, provide specialised public health services, ...
Finance Standing Committee
Sugary Beverages Health Promotion Levy: Treasury response
21 Jun 2017
National Treasury presented its responses to submissions received on the Health Promotion Levy. The 2017 Draft Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill (Draft Rates Bill) was first released for public comment on 22 February 2017 which was Budget Speech Day. National Treasury and SARS briefed the ...
Home Affairs
Naturalisation of Guptas; Home Affairs network problems; Mbombela office closure
20 Jun 2017
The Chairperson explained that the Committee had tried to get Home Affairs to come and brief Members on the naturalisation of the Guptas. However, the briefing today would not be possible as the day before he had received a note from the Director-General stating that the Department would be briefing ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Repeal of Space Affairs Act; Debt Relief Committee Bill framework
20 Jun 2017
The Committee met to consider the repeal of the Space Affairs Act No. 84 of 1993, and was informed that after a new Space Council had been appointed by the Minister and Cabinet in 2016, various processes of consultation had been undertaken, and had culminated in the drafting of the ...
Trade, Industry and Competition
Over-Indebtedness: National Treasury & National Credit Regulator
14 Jun 2017
The National Credit Regulator (NCR) and National Treasury briefed the Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry on over-indebtedness in South Africa and debt relief measures under consideration.
Briefing by the National Credit Regulator on over-indebtedness
According to NCR, as at 31 December 2016, there were 24.31 million credit active consumers, ...